Yuan Shasha's words are not unreasonable. If He Wenjun saw the flashing black shadow when he entered the cave, it was really some kind of wild animal.
Then, this kind of wild animal is very likely to attack the three travel companions.
But Gu Chen also used a strong flashlight and searched with everyone for a long time, but no blood was found on the ground. This at least showed that the possibility of the three travel companions being attacked by wild beasts was unlikely.
But now there are several situations. Gu Chen is not sure whether these people have returned the same way, nor whether they will continue walking deeper into the valley.
So Gu Chen could only look at everyone and asked: "Do any of you have their contact information?"
"Oops." When Officer Wang heard this, he also slapped his head in annoyance: "We all walked together before, so I didn't even think of asking them for their contact information."
"It's useless to ask for contact information." Lu Weiwei took out her mobile phone, raised it to test, and then said:
"There's no signal in these mountains."
"Then these people suddenly disappeared. We still have to find them. They are also senior travel friends. Haven't we thought about this problem?"
"If we look for them, we may get lost in this canyon, which is also very dangerous."
After Yuan Shasha finished speaking, she also sighed and continued to complain: "They can be regarded as senior travel friends. If they don't know this situation, then they are really speechless."
"No wonder they." He Wenjun looked around and said slowly:
"It's so cold outside, and they don't dare to go up. It's really uncomfortable to stay in the canyon and be hit by the strong wind."
"If possible, I will definitely go to find a place nearby to hide from the wind, and then wait for us to come back."
After a pause, He Wenjun continued: "However, we use a strong flashlight to shine intensively on the surroundings. Even if they hide far away, they should still be able to see the flashlight light we use to find them."
"Logically, they should have responded promptly with flashlights, but they didn't. This is very abnormal."
"I also think there is a problem." As soon as He Wenjun finished speaking, Gu Chen also said slowly:
"I agree with what you just said about the situation. It is indeed very windy here. Finding a shelter from the wind nearby is the right thing to do."
"But they didn't see our flashlight light. There are only two possibilities. One is that they hid in a place that blocked the line of sight and didn't see it."
"There is another way..."
"Another possibility is that something happened to them and they were unable to respond." Before Gu Chen could finish speaking, Lu Weiwei spoke first.
Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "Yes, this is the normal situation."
"That means they are probably still nearby?" Officer Wang said.
Gu Chen silently said: "It should be, we should think in a good direction, and of course we should prepare for the worst."
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen also continued: "Let's go look for their traces around first and see if there is any shelter from the wind nearby."
"Which way are we going?" He Wenjun asked.
Gu Chen pointed to the front of the canyon and said: "Go forward, because the road we walked on has no ideal terrain for shelter from the wind on both sides."
"So I judge that they should go forward."
"It makes sense." After hearing what Gu Chen said, He Wenjun also felt that it should be in this direction.
Gu Chen also reminded everyone: "Everyone must gather together now and don't spread too far apart to avoid getting lost."
"When we entered here, there were 8 people, and now 3 people are missing. This is a big problem, and maybe there will be a big problem."
"Although they are just here to help, we must not leave them alone. We must find them."
After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "Especially now, everyone is moving closer to me and always pay attention to the surrounding situation."
After looking at Lu Weiwei, Gu Chen said: "Senior Sister Lu, follow me on the right and pay attention to the conditions on both sides of the canyon. I will be responsible for clearing the way ahead."
"Okay." Lu Weiwei nodded silently.
Then Gu Chen looked at Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha and said, "Senior Brother Wang, please approach my left side and pay attention to the left direction. Little Yuan leans to the right side of Senior Sister Lu and pay attention to the right direction."
"Okay." Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha agreed in unison.
Then, Gu Chen looked at He Wenjun again and reminded: "Stay behind us and pay attention to the situation behind us at all times. Don't fall behind."
"Okay." Seeing Gu Chen's arrangement, He Wenjun naturally wanted to listen.
So, everyone quickly gathered together, and according to Gu Chen's request, everyone began to observe the surroundings without blind spots.
The lights began to sweep in all directions.
Gu Chen was also cautious, because Gu Chen also felt that this canyon seemed a little strange and different from the terrain he had encountered before.
Especially the bones in the pile of rocks. Although Gu Chen acted very calmly, who is the identity of the bones of the deceased? It is not easy for Gu Chen to judge at the moment.
But at least it shows that there is a danger here.
Moreover, the steps on the earth slope were obviously excavated by humans, which means that someone had been here before, and they also dug steps here to make it easier to go up and down.
From this point of view, this place seems to hide many secrets.
Otherwise, what's the deal with the parchment map? If it's an ordinary canyon, then why is there a parchment map?
Could the person who drew the map be related to the corpse?
Although Gu Chen doesn't know this yet, he can be sure that this matter is closely related to Zhuang Tianhe and Zhuang Hu.
The two of them might have reached a deal and were going to do something here.
But Gu Chen's goal is to find the two of them.
But now it seems that it is more important to find the three missing travel companions.
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The strong wind in the canyon was blowing a little crazy, roaring towards everyone.
Everyone wore jackets and jackets and wrapped themselves tightly.
There was even flying sand and various dusts ahead. Under the influence of the strong wind, they began to blow crazily towards Gu Chen and the others, which made it difficult for everyone to open their eyes.
"Listen." Gu Chen suddenly shouted to stop.
Everyone stopped and began to move closer to Gu Chen.
"What's wrong, Junior Brother Gu?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"Footprints." Gu Chen pointed to the ground.
Everyone looked down and discovered that some faint footprints suddenly appeared at Gu Chen's feet.
We were in the rocky area before, and the howling winds had covered the ground with some dust. It seemed like we couldn't find any footprints or anything like that.
But now, we have entered some mud areas, and the footprints will be more obvious.
But the footprints were covered with some dust.
"Are...are they fresh footprints? It looks like these footprints were just stepped on not long ago," Lu Weiwei said.
"It should be them." Gu Chen nodded silently and shined the flashlight ahead.
At this moment, the strong wind suddenly became smaller, and gradually, the strong wind began to subside.
Officer Wang was also puzzled and said: "There is something wrong with this evil wind. It was a strong wind just now, but now it will stop?"
"Yes, it was quite windy just now. I couldn't even open my eyes. Now the wind has just stopped?" He Wenjun also felt a little incredible.
Yuan Shasha reminded: "Everyone should look around to see if there is any terrain that can shelter from the wind? We seem to have walked a long way."
"Wait, what is that?" As soon as Yuan Shasha finished speaking, Gu Chen's flashlight light swept to a corner in front, and a conspicuous object seemed to appear.
Gu Chen quickly stopped the strong flashlight light source there.
When the others saw this, they also quickly shined their own light sources.
"Yes... it's a shoe, it seems to be a shoe." Lu Weiwei looked familiar.
Gu Chen also reminded: "Let's go over and have a look."
No one dared to stop and started running straight ahead.
But when everyone arrived at the scene, they found an outdoor shoe.
"Why is there only one shoe? Where did the other one go? And, is this shoe theirs?" Lu Weiwei was a little confused.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "It should be their shoes. I think they are all wearing the same type of outdoor shoes, that's it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chen quickly squatted down and checked the condition of his shoes.
Only then did I realize that the outside of the shoe was actually stained with some fresh blood.
"How come there are blood stains?" Gu Chen frowned when he saw this.
When everyone saw this, they also came over. Everyone was made nervous by the scene in front of them.
"Really, is there blood on it?" Seeing this, He Wenjun quickly looked around, his body began to tremble involuntarily, and said:
"He...they, they must have encountered a wild animal, otherwise how could this shoe be dropped here?"
"Moreover, there was a shoe with blood stains on it. Obviously, it was a shoe that they accidentally lost while escaping."
"And before that, someone must have been injured."
He Wenjun told Gu Chen all his guesses and thoughts.
Yes, Gu Chen thought the same way.
Looking at the bloody shoe in front of me.
Gu Chen continued to observe the surrounding situation.
Only then did I realize that there were already some traces of blood in the area ahead.
Blood dripped onto the ground.
Gu Chen quickly took a few steps forward and found a bloody palm print on the rock on the right.
"Oh my god!" Lu Weiwei quickly discovered the bloody handprint printed on the rock based on Gu Chen's gaze and said:
"This blood stain should have been there not long after it was pressed."
"Could it be that these three people were really attacked by wild animals?" At this moment, Officer Wang also began to worry involuntarily and said:
"If this is the case, then the situation is not good. These people encounter wild animals. This..."
"Wait a minute." Before Officer Wang finished speaking, Gu Chen suddenly interrupted.
Then he quickly jogged a few steps forward, came to a rock, and began to observe various traces on the rock.
When everyone saw this, they hurriedly followed him.
But when they saw the marks on the rocks, everyone was stunned again.
"This...the mark on the rock feels like it was scratched by a knife." Officer Wang quickly discovered something fishy.
"Are they the knives they carry?" Gu Chen looked at He Wenjun.
But He Wenjun shook his head: "I don't know that. I didn't see them carrying knives?"
"But if it wasn't them, who would it be?" Yuan Shasha said.
Everyone was stunned for a few seconds, and then Gu Chen speculated: "Maybe some of them are carrying knives, and this kind of knives may be used for cutting food outdoors."
"After all, when we saw them at the camp, they were already there solving the dinner problem."
"Since it is outdoors, this kind of outdoor knife should be used to cut people, ham sausages and the like."
"It's possible." Hearing what Gu Chen said, He Wenjun on the side also nodded silently and couldn't help but say:
"I always bring an outdoor knife for cutting vegetables and the like."
"But this knife doesn't feel like an ordinary outdoor knife." Gu Chen looked at the knife marks on the rock and made a new judgment based on his understanding of the knife's condition.
Lu Weiwei frowned slightly and said slowly: "This knife seems to be a Nigerian military sword."
"Well, the Nigerian military sword is famous all over the world, and judging from the marks on the knife, it does look very similar." Officer Wang also began to become alert.
Everyone looked at each other and seemed to feel both familiar and unfamiliar with the situation of the Sanming travel companion.
"Who are they?" Yuan Shasha began to question and said:
"From the beginning, they wanted to follow us and go into the mountains to find people. At first, I thought they were quite enthusiastic, but their physical strength did not look like that of experienced travel companions."
"Xiao Yuan, you can tell me what I was thinking at that time." Seeing Yuan Shasha's question, Lu Weiwei quickly agreed:
"Yes, I felt before that they were well-equipped, and they said they had participated in many outdoor rescues, so I judged that they should be experienced outdoor asses."
"But when I was browsing the canyon going downhill, I clearly felt that they seemed to be struggling. This was a sign of physical exertion."
"If you don't often participate in outdoor hiking, you should be at their level."
"Well, I feel like I'm at the level of a rookie." Officer Wang couldn't help but complain.
It seemed that all the doubts that everyone had hidden in their hearts suddenly came together.
So everyone turned their attention to He Wenjun.
He Wenjun shook his head like a rattle and said with a bitter face: "You don't have to look at me, I don't know anything."
"At that time, I thought about asking them to quickly catch up with you, but they said they had to slow down and felt that their physical strength was already a little tight."
"So I don't want to embarrass them, so I just let them stay down there, and then I hurried to chase you. But these people are experienced and strong ass."
Shaking his head, He Wenjun said again: "I don't think so."